Firefly Festival Run/Walk 5K
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Firefly Festival Run/Walk 5K

New Harmony, Indiana, United States View on map
Jun 27, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

About this race

Start Time: 7:30 AM Central Time

Race/Course: The course will be an out and back 5K.  The race will start and finish at the Atheneum and take participants along the Wabash River and along historic sites on North St.  Most of the course will be on crushed gravel paths.  
                                 
Location: The Atheneum Visitors Center, located at 401 Arthur St., New Harmony, IN 47631.

Cost: $30 until April 1; $35 until June 10; $40 until race day (deduct $5 for medal only option)
**Groups of 4 or more, email TriStateFit@gmail.com for a discount code!
**All sales are final.  Unless prior arrangements are made prior to race start, no shirts or medals are guaranteed after race.

Race Day Check-in/Late Reg: There will be no early pick up for the event.  Check in on race morning will be 6:30-7:15AM at the Atheneum.

​Race Awards: Top M/Top F & Runner-Up M/F in each distance.  Top 3 M/F 13 & Under, 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+

Timing: To the Finish

Weather: The race will go on rain or shine! Entry will be non-refundable if you personally can't attend or something happens out of the hands of the race organizers. 

Proceeds: A portion of the race proceeds will be donated to Historic New Harmony.

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Running

5K Run/Walk

Jun 27, 2026 5K 7:30 AM
$40.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in New Harmony, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 22.0° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 29.5°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 22.0° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 37.7°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
13.6
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
6.6mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
84.1%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on June 27, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on June 27, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
14h 48m

The sun rises at 5:30 AM and sets at 8:18 PM local time (CDT) in New Harmony on June 27, 2026 — 14h 48m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.

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2026 results — Firefly Festival Run/Walk 5K

5K Run/Walk, 5K Run/Walk Results · 36 finishers

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Firefly Festival Run/Walk 5K
Place Name Time Pace
1 Madison Fariss 33:59 10:56 /mi
2 Nikki Rodenberg 40:00 12:52 /mi
3 Tim Roman 1:05:00 20:55 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 3 New Harmony events

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